Nadapuram Assembly constituency
| Nadapuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 22 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Nadapuram Junction in Nadapuram Assembly constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,16,141 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Nadapuram State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is E. K. Vijayan of CPI.
Local self-governed segments
[edit]Nadapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chekkiad | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 2 | Edacheri | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 3 | Kavilumpara | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 4 | Kayakkodi | Grama Panchayat | Vatakara |
| 5 | Maruthonkara | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 6 | Nadapuram | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 7 | Narippatta | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 8 | Thuneri | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 9 | Valayam | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
| 10 | Vanimal | Grama panchayat | Vatakara |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | C. H. Kanaran | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | Hameed Ali Shemnad | Indian Union Muslim League | 1960–1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | E. V. Kumaran | Communist Party of India | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Kumaran Madathil | Communist Party of India | 1970–1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | Kandalottu Kunhambu | 1977–1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | K. T. Kanaran | 1980–1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | Sathyan Mokeri | 1987–1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991–1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Binoy Viswam | 2001–2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006–2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | E. K. Vijayan | 2011–2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016–2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]There were 201,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | E. K. Vijayan | 83,293 | 47.46 |  2.00
| |
| INC | Praveenkumar | 79,258 | 45.16 | 2.00
| |
| BJP | M. P. Rajan | 10,537 | 6.00 |  2.80
| |
| SDPI | K. K. Nasar Master | 1,676 | 0.95 | 0.39
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 316 | 0.18 | −0.09 | |
| Independent | T.praveen Kumar | 258 | 0.15 | – | |
| Independent | Sreedharan K K | 165 | 0.10 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 4,035 | 2.12 | 0.60
| ||
| Turnout | 162,950 | 80.5 | 0.27
| ||
2016
[edit]There were 2,01,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | E. K. Vijayan | 74,742 | 45.87 | 3.35
| |
| INC | Praveenkumar | 69,983 | 42.95 | 1.12
| |
| BJP | M. P. Rajan | 14,493 | 8.90 | 4.76
| |
| SDPI | C. K. Abdul Rahim | 2,183 | 1.34 | 0.07
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 446 | 0.27 | – | |
| BSP | K. K. Vasu | 377 | 0.23 | – | |
| Independent | E. K. Vijayan Komath | 220 | 0.14 | – | |
| Independent | Praveenkumar Thayyullathil | 163 | 0.10 | – | |
| Independent | Aluva Aneesh | 151 | 0.09 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 4,759 | 2.92 | 3.35
| ||
| Turnout | 1,62,929 | 80.77 | 1.50
| ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 3.35
|
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2011
[edit]There were 1,77,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | E. K. Vijayan | 72,078 | 49.22 | ||
| INC | V. M .Chandran | 64,532 | 44.07 | ||
| BJP | Prakash Babu | 6,058 | 4.14 | ||
| SDPI | Ismail Kammana | 1,865 | 1.27 | – | |
| Independent | Chandran | 745 | 0.51 | ||
| Independent | C. K. Vijayan | 708 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Vijayan | 444 | 0.30 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,546 | 5.15 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,430 | 82.27 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1952
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | E. K. Sankara Varma Raja | 18,173 | 40.86% | 40.86% | |
| CPI | K. Thacharakandy | 16,572 | 37.26% | ||
| Socialist | Sreedhara Arangil | 9,736 | 21.89% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,601 | 3.60% | |||
| Turnout | 44,481 | 70.96% | |||
| Registered electors | 62,684 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]- Nadapuram
- Kozhikode district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.